LONG SHADOWS: WITHDRAWAL FROM GALLIPOLI

After the disasters of the August offensive, disillusionment grew and the allies were ordered to withdraw from the peninsula. Anzac troops were evacuated in December 1915; the British forces left Cape Helles a few weeks later. The safe evacuation of the allies was ironically the most successful aspect of the whole campaign. Though ultimately a failure, Gallipoli was quickly held up as an event signaling the birth of the Australian nation - the moment when Australia was ‘blooded’ and proved itself on the world stage.